Dependency Law Finder

Florida's dependency statutes, court rules and DCF operating procedures, with the appellate opinions that apply them

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§ 39.60 Former number


Each citation is matched to today's text through the statutes the opinion applied (1997 on), so renumbered subsections land in the right place; those show "Cited as".

§ 39.60 isn't in the 2026 Florida Statutes. No current section names it as a former number; many pre-1998 numbers were delinquency provisions, which moved to Chapter 985 in 1997. The opinions below cite it by this number.

1 opinion cite § 39.60

  1. K.K. v. Department of Children & Families 164 So. 3d 11 · 2D15-196 · 2nd DCA 2015

    Certiorari / writ granted This opinion cites § 39.60 1 time, the section generally

    Order requiring therapeutic assessments of the stepsons quashed: imposed without notice and unrelated to the reasons for the stepfather's no-contact order.

    …to address [the] facts and circumstances upon which the court based” its determination regarding dependency, or, as in this case, the no-contact order. § 39.60S(l)(f). Further, those tasks “must be the least intrusive possible into the life of the parent and child, must focus on clearly defined objectives, and must…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.60

DCF's rules in Chapter 65C, Florida Administrative Code, that cite it or name it as the law they implement.

No admin code rule cites § 39.60.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.60

How DCF carries it out. A page opens in the CFOP reader with the citation highlighted.

No CFOP cites § 39.60.